Nicole Schoen
Nicole is an Australian actor of German and Filipino heritage. She is passionate about multilingual and multicultural stories in an Australian setting.
Raised in Adelaide, in an immigrant household, Nicole was surrounded by many languages, cultures, flavours and attitudes… both opposing and complimentary!
Steadily on a journey to discover more about herself through performance and producing, Nicole is eager to work in screen projects with diverse scope.
She has trained with Kim Krejus and Iain Sinclair of 16th Street, Adrian Barnes, Rob MacPherson, Jamie Harding and Don Kountouris, Casting Directors; Angela Heesom, Lou Heesom, Ally Reynolds, and Micaeley Gibson.
Nicole’s debut screen role was Ruby in Conor Mercury and Ben Golotta of Repeater Productions’ short film ‘Lean’ (2022) starring Harry Greenwood and Nicholas Hope. She appears in two of Richard Coburn’s Art films ‘Future Commissioners’ for MOD. Exhibition space, and ‘Anomalous’ which screened exclusively at ILA on Light Square.
Nicole worked as a voice coach on Karu-Karu’s series ‘Wishes’ supported by Screen Australia. She coached the main teenage voice actor, and voiced the support role of Teacher. ‘Wishes’ is currently on its festival tour!
In late 2024, Nicole portrayed Alice in Manuel Ashman’s short film ‘7 Minutes to Rice’ which had its WORLD PREMIERE at Flickerfest in 2025.
Recently, Nicole wrapped on an independent feature based in the Riverland of South Australia, with the working title ‘Orange Boy’.
Production work
Working behind the scenes Nicole has worked in Production Assistance, as a Producer, in Support Casting, and as an Extras Casting & Coordinator and Coordination Assistant.
Nicole worked as a Casting Assistant (SA) for 'Speedway' (2022) starring Essie Randles and Davida McKenzie, and on ‘Embrace Kids’ (2022) as the Casting Coordinator– she also appears as a ‘Social Media Influencer’ in the documentary film. Nicole worked as an Extras Coordinator Assistant on ‘First Day’ Season 2 (2021), ‘Firebite’ (2022), on the SA leg of the Netflix TV Series ‘Desert King’, now known as ‘Territory’ in late 2023.
Nicole’s interest in Production led her to work with Producer Adam Camporeale (Drive Thru Films) on two short films: ‘Blame the Rabbit’ written and directed by Elena Carapetis and Produced by Lisa Scott, and ‘Future Eaters’ (2023) written and directed by Gemma Salomon.
In 2024, Nicole has assisted Producer Ashleigh Knott, and Kavitha Anandasivam (Director/Writer) on her debut short film ‘Boarhead’ as a Producer’s Assistant. She has also worked as a 2nd AD on The Mercury funded short films; The Hitcher, I’m The Most Racist Person I Know, and GUTS.
More recently, Nicole worked on Kooky Crazy, No Good Neighbour starring Lena Moon and Annie Lumsden as an Associate Producer, which was Directed by Mark Samual Bonanno and Produced by Tom Phillips and Ashleigh Knott. As well as Producing and as 1st AD for Conor Mercury’s music videos of; Avalon Kane (Jessica Blown), The Empty Threats, Raccoon City, and Kirin J Callinan.
